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Bloodcost Saga #1
Kitten
The planet the story occurs in is driven by trade, the rulers discovering that if all kingdoms are interconnected by trade war is unlikely. To further this goal, Bloodcost is founded. Simply put, if a person, or group fight, a formal penalty must be agreed on beforehand. The cost is usually steep, making conflicts less likely.
Vik Tardress is the Head of House Tardress, the premier trader in the Eight Kingdom. His father and grandfather brutally murdered, he inherits the empire at fourteen, in an age when most people never see fifty. With the help of his brothers, one the leader of a band of mercenaries, the other a priest of an obscure religion, he secures their legacy.
At seventeen, he buys a young slave on impulse, after a soothsayer urged him to make a purchase radically different from any he's made before. He buys a slave, a tiny, bedraggled creature he isn't sure will live the night. She's a lost child of the Woodfolk, a secretive nation that discourages contact with outsiders.
The action takes place in a time roughly equivalent to the thirteenth century of earth, with tribes occasionally resembling the American Indians of the sixteenth.
As the child grows, so do their feelings, until they form a union that will change the shape of their world, fighting a greedy religious order and an old, old enemy.
Vik Tardress is the Head of House Tardress, the premier trader in the Eight Kingdom. His father and grandfather brutally murdered, he inherits the empire at fourteen, in an age when most people never see fifty. With the help of his brothers, one the leader of a band of mercenaries, the other a priest of an obscure religion, he secures their legacy.
At seventeen, he buys a young slave on impulse, after a soothsayer urged him to make a purchase radically different from any he's made before. He buys a slave, a tiny, bedraggled creature he isn't sure will live the night. She's a lost child of the Woodfolk, a secretive nation that discourages contact with outsiders.
The action takes place in a time roughly equivalent to the thirteenth century of earth, with tribes occasionally resembling the American Indians of the sixteenth.
As the child grows, so do their feelings, until they form a union that will change the shape of their world, fighting a greedy religious order and an old, old enemy.
198 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 25, 2017
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June 18, 2019
Great imagination!
I am a big fan of LH Buff as I've read most all of his short stories under another name. Keep an eye on this author, because his talent continues to get better and better
I am a big fan of LH Buff as I've read most all of his short stories under another name. Keep an eye on this author, because his talent continues to get better and better
September 11, 2017
A good story marred by a lack of editing
Overall, this is a good story. It is interesting with an intriguing plot. It is a broad fantasy that focuses on the adventures of Kitten, a wood folk in a trading world. Being a multi-volume story, there first does a great job of setting the stage. I look forward to the next volumes! Yet, this good word is plagued by bad editing - typos, lost sections of text, misspellings - few but enough to detract from what could be a great story. Hence four not give stars!
Overall, this is a good story. It is interesting with an intriguing plot. It is a broad fantasy that focuses on the adventures of Kitten, a wood folk in a trading world. Being a multi-volume story, there first does a great job of setting the stage. I look forward to the next volumes! Yet, this good word is plagued by bad editing - typos, lost sections of text, misspellings - few but enough to detract from what could be a great story. Hence four not give stars!
July 27, 2018
Great intro to the saga. This category of literature is generally not on my reading list, but I read the book (and the entire series) because I really enjoyed his other two books. Well-drawn characters, but a saga that is violent and bloody in places.
September 12, 2018
Exceptional
As an avid reader, I routinely start books that aren't worth finishing. Rarely, do I find a jewel that I can't put down. This book is exceptional.
As an avid reader, I routinely start books that aren't worth finishing. Rarely, do I find a jewel that I can't put down. This book is exceptional.
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